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In our ego we can only contain the thought of lifting a hand; this thought must at once act upon the astral body, and the astral body transfers its activity, which lives in it as an impulse, to the etheric body. And what happens then? Let us assume that someone is holding his hand in a horizontal position. Now he forms the idea: I want to raise my hand a little bit higher. The idea, which in life is followed by the act of lifting the hand, passes over to the astral body; there an impulse arises and passes over from the astral body to the etheric body. And now the following happens in the etheric body: The hand is at first horizontal; then the etheric body is drawn up higher, then the physical hand moves, following what occurs first as a development of force in the etheric body. 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At the moment I simply want to point out that the making of any movement involves a development of force which is followed by a state of equilibrium. In the life of our organism we are continually dealing with a development of force followed by a state of equilibrium. Of course the human being has no conscious knowledge of what is really going on within him; but what takes place is so infinitely wise that human ego cleverness is nothing by comparison. We would be unable to move a hand if we had to depend on our own cleverness and knowledge alone; for the subtle forces developed by the astral body in the etheric body and then passed on to the physical body are quite inaccessible to ordinary human knowledge. 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It must be developed and it is developed as a result of our being left to ourselves with our ego. But the moment the ego sends the impulses of its concept into the astral body we need the help of another being; unaided we can do nothing here. We are dependent on help from a being belonging to the hierarchy of the angels. For even the tiniest movement of a finger we need the assistance of such a being, whose wisdom is far in advance of our own. 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Und wir merken diese Kräfte an Erscheinungen, die sich beim Menschen vollziehen im Verlaufe seines Lebens. Eine von der äußeren Wissenschaft und äußeren Weltbetrachtung wenig ins Auge gefaßte, von uns aber oft hervorgehobene Erscheinung des menschlichen Lebens ist das Sich-Aufrichten der menschlichen Gestalt. Wir treten ja durch die Kindheit noch nicht mit der Fähigkeit in die Welt, die für den Menschen wichtigste Position oder Lage anzunehmen, die aufrechte Lage. Wir müssen sie uns erst erwerben. Dieses Erwerben. geht zwar vom Astralleib aus, aber der Astralleib muß gleichsam seine In-die-HöheStreckkraft übertragen auf den Ätherleib, und dieser arbeitet im Laufe der Zeit daran, die menschliche physische Gestalt senkrecht aufwärtszutichten. Da sehen wir das lebendige Spiel des Astralleibes und Ätherleibes an der Gestaltung des physischen Leibes. Nun ist das nur die auffälligste Erscheinung, dieses Gestalten zu einer aufrechten, vertikalen Position hin. Jedesmal, wenn wir eine Hand aufheben, findet aber ein ähnlicher Vorgang statt. In unserem Ich können wir ja nur den Gedanken dieser Handbewegung, dieses Handaufhebens haben, dieser Gedanke muß dann zugleich wirken auf den Astralleib, und der Astralleib überträgt seine Tätigkeit — dasjenige, was er als einen Impuls hat — auf den Ätherleib. Und was geschieht dann? Nehmen wir einmal an, ein Mensch habe seine Hand in einer solchen, waagrechten Lage. Nun bildet er sich die Vorstellung: Ich will die Hand etwas weiter oben, hier haben. - Diese Vorstellung, die im Leben gefolgt ist von dem Erheben der Hand, geht über auf den Astralleib; darinnen bildet sich ein Impuls, vom Astralleib auf den Ätherleib, und zwar geschieht im Ätherleib jetzt, wenn die Hand so war, waagrecht, das Folgende: es wird der Ätherleib zunächst nach hier heraufgezogen, und die Hand rückt nach. Die physische Hand folgt demjenigen, was im Ätherleib zuerst als eine Kraftentwickelung geschieht. Die Hand folgt nach.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":343,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/275/1914-12-29/p007"},{"locus":"GA 275/1914-12-29/p008","passage_number":8,"text":"Den Gesamtvorgang werde ich morgen noch erklären, jetzt will ich nur darauf aufmerksam machen, daß wir es bei jeder Bewegung, bei der Herstellung irgendeiner Bewegung mit einer Kraftentfaltung zu tun haben, auf die eine Gleichgewichtslage folgt. Mit solcher Kraftentfaltung und folgender Gleichgewichtslage haben wir es fortwährend im Leben unseres Organismus zu tun. Natürlich hat der Mensch keine bewußte Erkenntnis von dem, was da eigentlich in ihm vorgeht, aber was da vorgeht, das ist etwas so unendlich Weises, etwas so unendlich Gescheites, daß die Ich-Gescheitheit des Menschen an diese Dinge auch nicht im entferntesten heranreicht. Wir würden keine Hand bewegen können, wenn wir nur auf unsere Gescheitheit, auf unsere Kenntnisse angewiesen wären, denn die feinen Kräfte, die vom Astralleib aus im Ätherleib entwickelt werden müssen, die dann übergehen müssen auf den physischen Leib, die entziehen sich ganz der gewöhnlichen menschlichen Erkenntnis. Dennoch liegt eine millionenfach größere Weisheit darinnen, die da entfaltet wird, als wenn ein Uhrmacher eine Uhr macht. Das bedenken wir gewöhnlich nicht, aber diese Weisheit muß wirklich entfaltet werden. Sie muß entfaltet werden, und sie wird entfaltet dadurch, daß wir allerdings mit unserem Ich uns selbst überlassen sind. In dem Augenblick aber, wo das Ich seine Vorstellungsimpulse in den Astralleib hineinschickt, muß uns ein anderes Wesen helfen. Wir können da allein gar nichts anfangen. Ein Wesen aus der Hierarchie der Angeloi muß uns helfen; wir sind darauf angewiesen. Bei der geringsten Fingerbewegung muß ein solches Wesen, das mit seiner Weisheit weit vorauseilt der menschlichen Weisheit, uns helfen. Wir könnten nichts anderes tun als starr daliegen und vorstellen, starrkrampfartig in der Welt sein, wenn uns nicht fortwährend die Wesen der höheren Hierarchien in ihre Betätigungen aufnehmen würden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":277,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/275/1914-12-29/p008"}],"beads":[{"from":[8,9],"to":[7],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[10,11],"to":[8],"confidence":"medium"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}